Kieran HealyI just watched Gremlins 2 for the first time since 1990. The entire film is built around a dim, vain, tasteless New York developer named Daniel Clamp, his sprawling Clamp Building and his gimcrack Clamp Empire, which includes TV stations, his inane self-aggrandizing books, and a line of jams and jellies. At the end he falls for a character named Marla. This has been a remark about how the meaning of a work of art is not something fixed or under the control of its creators.
Joshua McNeill@kjhealy It was a tall order to follow up the original, but Gremlins 2 was a great sequel, now in new ways I guess
Chancerubbage@kjhealy ‘Clamp’ existed fully then as well however, and hasn’t really changed, except in influence.
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The thing is I have known about ‘clamp’ since the late 70s, he propped up Spy magazine in the 80s, but totally forgot he had a thing to do with Gremlins 2 which I saw at first theatrical release. Just a forgettable clown.
The thing is I have known about ‘clamp’ since the late 70s, he propped up Spy magazine in the 80s, but totally forgot he had a thing to do with Gremlins 2 which I saw at first theatrical release. Just a forgettable clown.
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Asta [AMP]@kjhealy this post made me realize that
A. there is a gremlins wiki,
B. it is rather thorough,
C. there is a gremlins animated series, and finally,
D. the term "gremlin" is rather modern: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlin as in, from the 20th century.
A. there is a gremlins wiki,
B. it is rather thorough,
C. there is a gremlins animated series, and finally,
D. the term "gremlin" is rather modern: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlin as in, from the 20th century.
@kjhealy oh! And I forgot E.
E. one of the gremlin depictions on the wikipedia page has huge The Noid energy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Noid
E. one of the gremlin depictions on the wikipedia page has huge The Noid energy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Noid
@kjhealy ... I have also learned that Bioshock apparently took a lot of inspiration from Gremlins 2: https://gremlins.fandom.com/wiki/Splice_O%27_Life
Splice O' Life
The Splice O' Life (also called Splice Of Life) was a tenant of the Clamp Center which rented laboratory space on the 51st floor. The reception desk was staffed by Peggy. Several scientists, including Martin, Lewis, Casper and Wally worked in the laboratory under the head scientist Doctor Catheter. The lab performed tests involving various animals, including a rat, an elephant, a Squirrel, a cow and a camel. The scientists spliced together genes of different organisms in a multitude of...
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Hot Dog Water, will not comply"Would the owner of vehicle with license number ------, please remove it from the Clamp parking garage. Your car is old and dirty."
The building announcements are fun.
Fabien@kjhealy pretty sure it was always explicitly meant to be referring to Trump, just like Biff in Back to the Future 2….
@fabienmarry Yes of course. The point is that it reads rather differently now because we live in a world where Trump became President.
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If you let the dim, vain, tasteless New York developer eat hamburgers after midnight, terrible things will happen.
If you let the dim, vain, tasteless New York developer eat hamburgers after midnight, terrible things will happen.